Dusan Simovic

Dusan Simovic (28 October 1882-26 August 1962) was Prime Minister of Yugoslavia from 27 March 1941 to 12 January 1942, succeeding Dragisa Cvetkovic and preceding Slobodan Jovanovic.

Biography
Dusan Simovic was born on 28 October 1882 in Kragujevac, Serbia. In 1900, he graduated from the military academy and served in the Balkan Wars and World War I, devoting himself to aviation in the Interwar Years. From May 1938 to 1940 he was Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Yugoslav Army, replacing Milutin Nedic. After the coup of Prince Paul in 1941 against Peter II of Yugoslavia, Simovic became the new Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, but Nazi Germany invaded on his daughter's wedding day. Simovic fled the country when Germany occupied the Balkans, and he returned to Belgrade in 1952 after the end of World War II. Simovic died on 26 August 1962.